SCAR Gazetteer Information: Each place can have one or more entries in the SCAR Composite Gazetteer, dependant on its origin. By viewing an individual entry, you may see multiple references to the same place. SCAR uses a more general feature type coding, so each place will, in general, have multiple feature types.

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Name Latitude Longitude Feature Type
Klakkane Islands (AUS) 67° 14' 46.3" S 59° 46' 43.3" E Island
Name ID: 804 Place ID: 7614

A group of small islands, including Farrington Island, about 9 km NNE of Couling Island, in the William Scoresby Archipelago, off Kemp Land. Farrington Island was discovered and named by the William Scoresby Expedition (1936).

Klakkane Islands (USA) 67° 15' 00.0" S 59° 46' 00.0" E Island
Name ID: 127471 Place ID: 7614

Group of small islands lying 1.5 mi E of Farrington Island in the William Scoresby Archipelago. Charted and named Klakkane (the lumps) by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition in January 1937.

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